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"My world is as forbidden as it is fragile; without its mysteries, it cannot survive.".Based on the internationally acclaimed novel by Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha is a sweeping romantic epic set in a mysterious and exotic world that still casts a potent spell today. The story begins in the years before WWII when a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.

The first lines in the movie "Memoirs of a Geisha" are spoken in Japanese; the doctor's visit to the house, and the father putting the two girls in the back of the wagon. My dvd doesn't provide subtitles until the girls board the train, and Chiyo calls out "Tanaka-san!".

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In Il Bianco, il giallo, il nero so much of the humor and charm of the opening scene is lost because the dubbing ignores almost all of the original Italian. (It would be difficult to reproduce the scene with English or German subtitles but it could be done, especially when the Italian titles and the English titles are the same.)

argh forgive me for that little blunder. i just assumed because the pretty girl from house of flying daggers was in it and she speaks mandarin in that then of cource memoirs should be in mandarin. HA silly me.

I read the book "Memoirs of a Geisha" just before the movie came out and I was reluctant to watch the movie because the book was so engrossing and satisfying that I was worried the movie might fall short. In all honesty, I felt that the movie did fall short in some ways but that it was so visually mesmerizing that it was worth watching. By far the best aspect of the movie was the fabulous costumes, scenery and cinematography. I also very much enjoyed seeing the cultivation of a geisha played out onscreen. For example, it was especially interesting to see the training and beauty rituals involved in being a geisha. In one scene, Sayuri is shown trying to sleep by resting her neck on a tiny platform so as not to mess up her hair and then accidentally rolling over in her sleep and ruining her intricate and painfully acquired hairdo. The costumes in the movie were stunning visually as was the scenery. The depiction of Sayuri's abusive and lonely childhood was heart-wrenching. The movie does provide a unique window into Japanese society at that time.

However, the use of heavily accented English in the film was an unfortunate choice on the part of the director. Yes, it was nice not to have to read subtitles, but the overall effect served to weaken the viewer's ability to suspend disbelief. We know Japanese don't speak English to each other in Japan. Although most of the actors gave good performances with the possible exception of an over-blown performance by the actress playing Hatsumomo, it is interesting that the director chose mostly Chinese actors to tell a uniquely Japanese story. I suspect the movie studios felt that American audiences would not know the difference between someone Chinese and someone Japanese and would think that all Asians look the same.

In conclusion, the move, "Memoirs of a Geisha", is definitely worth seeing because of its faithful depiction of the life and the making of a geisha, and its beautiful costumes and scenery. However, one should also read the book which is even more satisfying and richly detailed.

I read the book and saw the movie Memoirs of a Geisha. I thought the movie did a good job of bringing to life the lively lifestlye that surrounds a Geisha such as life in the teahouse, dances, and music involved. However, I felt the movie did not do a good job with the development of the characters. The book did a much better job painting the complex life a geishas.

I made an effort to see this movie even this late, with the aim in view of finding its usefulness in my Middle School curriculum for my special needs classroom population. Frankly, I still am confused on the technical definition of "Geisha," which teeters between the brinks of a professional Japanese woman entertainer and a prostitute. The movie, sadly though, did not help me clarify this confusion. I can pick up the rich cultural part on the geisha traditions. Still, it might not be a good material for my classroom audience, especially, when it comes to the part where a geisha is trained to become a professional entertainer at a very young and tender age that borders on child abuse, physically and otherwise when set against the US social mores.

Significantly for me though, after getting a very interesting lesson from Prof. Ye, I share some questions raised in some of the posted threads on why the makers of the Memoirs of a Geisha cast Chinese actresses to play the leading Japanese geishas. I liked the costumes and the development of the characters. However, I have not read the book, so I cannot make a comparison on the area of character development in this movie. Still, I would likely skip this material for my special needs class.

I read the book Memoirs of a Geisha about eight years ago when the novel first came out. So when the movie version came out I could not wait to see it. I do think the movie was very true to the book. Also about eight years ago, I took a course studying Japanese culture. I understood a geisha to be more like a kept woman. She had to find ( I think it was called) a Dana to take care of her. The dana would be the "mother" of the geisha house a signifcant amount of money for that particular geisha. Then the geisha would only be with that dana. So, a geisha was much more classy than a prostitue. She was more of an artist who only slept with her dana or a man who paid highly for her time.

The film opens with Chiyo (Suzuka Ohgo as a child, Ziyi Zhang as an adult) being taken from the small fishing village of Yoroido and sold to the proprietress of a Kyoto geisha house. At first, Chiyo's lone goal is to find her sister, Satsu, from whom she has been separated but, after a brief reunion, they are parted forever. Chiyo's plans to become a geisha - a "moving work of art" who sells her skills, not her body - are dashed when she runs afoul of Hatsumomo (Gong Li), the house's most consistent earner. For her infractions, she is denied the chance to attend the geisha school and must perform menial chores. But others see something in her. The Chairman (Ken Watanabe) recognizes her as a girl of amazing character and offers her a simple kindness. Chiyo vows to become a geisha and make him her patron. A celebrated geisha, Mameha (Michelle Yeoh), takes Chiyo under her wing. When Chiyo is ready to make her debut, she is given a "geisha name" - Sayuri - and introduced into society, where she must compete with Hatsumomo for the best clients.

To Marshall's credit, he assembled as many Japanese actors as possible. Youki Kudoh (Snow Falling on Cedars) is solid as Pumpkin, Sayuri's sometimes-friend, sometimes-rival. Kaori Momoi plays the crotchety landlady of the geisha house. Kji Yakusho gives a passionate performance as the scarred Nobu. And Ken Watanabe (The Last Samurai) exudes nobility as the Chairman. The only non-Asian to have a speaking role of any significance is Paul Adelstein, and his part requires less than 15 minutes of screen time. Like The Joy Luck Club, this is a rarity - a motion picture made in the United States with an almost all-Asian cast.

Emotionally, although Memoirs of a Geisha is not inert, it lacks the ability to wrench the viewer. There are times when it feels muted. The story offers insight into what geishas were in the "old" Japan ("not courtesans, not wives") and the "new" one ("anyone can buy a kimono and call herself a geisha") and, by extension, the kind of seismic shift undergone by Japanese culture after the war. The central love story is more complex in the book, but Marshall distills it to its essence so the resolution is defined for cinema-goers. Memoirs of a Geisha is worthwhile on many levels, although it lacks the depth of feeling that would have elevated it from a good movie to a romance for the ages.

Memoirs of a Geisha is a 2005 American epic period drama film directed by Rob Marshall and adapted by Robin Swicord from the 1997 novel of the same name by Arthur Golden.[2][3] It tells the story of a young Japanese girl, Chiyo Sakamoto, who is sold by her impoverished family to a geisha house (okiya) to support them by training as and eventually becoming a geisha under the pseudonym "Sayuri Nitta." The film centers around the sacrifices and hardship faced by pre-World War II geisha, and the challenges posed by the war and a modernizing world to geisha society. It stars Zhang Ziyi in the lead role, with Ken Watanabe, Gong Li, Michelle Yeoh, Youki Kudoh, Suzuka Ohgo, and Samantha Futerman.

The film was released to polarized reviews from critics worldwide and was moderately successful at the box office. It was also nominated for and won numerous awards, including nominations for six Academy Awards, and eventually won three: Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design. The acting, visuals, sets, costumes, and the musical score (composed by Spielberg's long time collaborator John Williams) were praised, but the film was criticized for casting some non-Japanese actresses as Japanese women and for its style over substance approach. The Japanese release of the film was titled Sayuri, the titular character's geisha name.

In 1929, Chiyo Sakamoto and her older sister Satsu are sold off by their poor father and taken to Gion, Kyoto. Chiyo is taken in by Kayoko Nitta, known as "Mother", the proprietress of a local okiya; Satsu, deemed too unattractive, is sent to a brothel instead. Chiyo also meets "Granny" and "Auntie", the other women who run the house; Pumpkin, another young girl; and the okiya's resident geisha, Hatsumomo. ff782bc1db